A large collection of  letters, memos, memorandums, press releases, telegrams, reports, news clippings & other material. Examples are: One copy of American Tunaboat Association News Letter (1/1/55, 5 pp.) re/ topics such as “Japanese-United States Trade Agreement Hearings,” “Domestic Production . . . Prices . . . Profits . . . Wages and Employment . . . .;” 1 letter (1/7/55) from Congressman Wilson & enclosed letter (1/5/55) re/ National Steel & Shipbuilding’s letter to the Maritime Admin. “relative to Ship Mortgage Insurance for tunaboats;” a collection of letters (1/14 – 1/25/55) from a number of San Diego businesses, constituents, & Wilson’s responses re/ concerns over the U.S. trade negotiations with Japan allowing reductions in tariff rates which threaten the survival of the tuna industry; 1 letter (1/27/55) from Harold F. Cary (Gen. Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to Wilson re/ inquiry about Wage and Hours Act, and exemptions from fisheries and fish processing industry; letters (1/24/ - 2/2/55) from businesses, constituents & Wilson’s replies re/ “Proposed trade agreement with Japan” that affect domestic tuna industry, Republican politics, support for Wilson, & World War II veterans who are tuna fishermen & their concerns about Japanese competition; 1 letter (1/27/55) from F.T. Moore (Regional Dir., So. CA., ILWU) & Wilson’s reply re/ “the fight to save the tuna industry in California . . . . The Van Camp Sea Food Company is closing their San Diego Plant and transferring” process-ing to San Pedro. This involves some 80 bait boats . . . and it will effect not only the cannery employees of which there are some 800 but also the repair yards, the supply houses, etc. The payroll last year for these workers was $2,500,000;” a one page copy of a Feb. 10, 1955 introduction by Congressman Wilson to “Mr. Speaker” re/ the effects of increasing frozen tuna imports from Japan & inserting the remarks of Harold Cary in to the Congressional Record; letters (2/1 & 2/9/55) from Walter B. Kimble (V.P., Local 20, ILWU), A.L. Brosio (A.L. Brosio Co.) & Wilson’s reply re/ need for limits on expansion of imports, the start of a "’Buy American’ program,” switching “from the Democratic side to the Republican side,” but “now wondering if perhaps I made a big mistake;” 1 letter (2/14/55) from Congressman Herbert C. Bonner & Harold F. Cary’s reponse (2/18/55) re/ committee hearings on Fish and Wildlife Service; 3 letters (2/1, 2/3 & 2/18/55) from Armon L. Henderson (Sec.- Treasurer, S.D. County Dist. Council of Carpenters), CA Assemblyman Frank Luckel, & Congressman Wilson re/ “construction and mill employees throughout the west are using plywood from Japan, with little or no duty,” & the need for “adequate safeguards against unfair import competition;” 2 letters (2/25 & 2/28/55) from World War II veterans, who are fishermen, Petro Sabatini & Manuel Gonsales, & Wilson’s replies (2/28 & 3/4/55) re/ how Japanese tuna imports are taking away American jobs & businesses; 2 letters (3/5/55) from Dr. J.A. Hockaday (Port Isabel, Texas) to Wilson & to Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, & Wilson’s reply (3/9 & 3/10/55) re/ the “‘one man fight’ by the Hon. Bob Wilson . . . re: the matter of the tuna industry and how it is being effected by the operations of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements and its machinations wherein it has eliminated all protection for this industry via the tariff; 3 constituent letters & Congressman Wilson’s replies (3/55) re/ tuna industry in dire need of Congressional aid & Wilson’s emphasis on his personal petitions to the Secretary of State and to President Eisenhower on this crisis; 1 letter (3/16/55) from H.F. Cary (Gen. Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) & Wilson’s reply (3/21/55) re/ Cary’s item by item commentary on Robert K. Lawson’s article in the San Diego Point magazine, also inserted in the February 18 Congressional Record by Wilson as an extension of his remarks; a large packet of signed petitions (approx. 45 pp.) from San Diego and San Pedro residents, as issued by Local 20, I.L.W.U., supporting “A protective tariff on all imported tuna canned and raw, or a quota system on all foreign imports combined not to exceed 20% of our domestic consumption;” Wilson office “Memorandum March 23, 1955” & 2 Western Union telegrams (3/18 & 3/19/55) re/ rumor that “Japanese tuna canning industry preparing to dump 800,000 cases canned tuna brine this market soon substantially below their cost production;” 1 four page letter (3/30/55) from Congressman Wilson, his draft copy & a letter (4/6/55) from Ralph Kelly (Commissioner of Customs, Treasury Dept.) re/ further information on the alleged dumping of 800,000 case of Japanese canned tuna in the U.S.; 1 copy of a letter (4/2/55) from Congressman Wilson to President Eisenhower re/ previous letters from Senator John Butler & Sherman Adams on trade negotiations with the Japanese as to the critical stage of the tuna fishing industry in the U.S.; 1 letter (4/4/55) from John H. Harrison (Pres. & Mgr., S.D. Marine Hardware, Inc.), attached news clipping – Howard Morin, “Crisis In Tuna Industry Called Worst On Record,” The San Diego Union, Mar. 16, 1955, a-7, & E.F. Terrar, Jr.’s reply (4/6/55) re/ Mr. Harrison’s letter to President Eisenhower—come to see San Diego and get the facts – thousands are out of work in the tuna industry; a copy of a letter (4/7/55) from E.F. Terrar, Jr. to Don K. Stover (Sec./Treasurer, Local 20, I.L.W.U.) commenting on Stover’s Mar. 31, 1955 letter & listing the actions of Congressman Wilson had taken in response to “the critical condition of the tuna industry in San Diego; 1 letter (4/13/55) from Robert F. Bennett (Mgr. & part owner of Campbell Machine, Inc.) & Wilson’s reply (4/18/55) re/ “our business depends 100% on the fortunes of the American tuna fleet;” 2 letters (4/14/55) from H. Chapman Rose (Asst. Secretary of the Treasury) & I. Jack Martin (Admin. Asst. to the President) re/ further inquiry as to “a shipment of 600,000 cases of tuna reported to be on its way from Tokyo to New York;” letters (4/14 & 4/15/55) from California Fish Canners Assn., Inc. & Fishermen’s Co-operative Assn. to Sec. of State John Foster Dulles, Senator Styles Bridges and others re/ the tuna industry crisis & the “dumping” practices of Japan in flooding the U.S. market with tuna products; 1 letter (4/18/55) from John Weldon (Sweetwater High School teacher) & attached news clipping – “Wilson Accuses Japan of ‘Dumping,’” The Mainichi (4/5/55) re/ Mr. Weldon’s leave of absence in Japan – “As you can see they have made a Democrat out of you;” letters (4/19 & 4/21/55) from H.F. Cary & Robert M. Golden (Pres., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) & Wilson’s replies (4/25 & 4/27/55) re/ tuna industry crisis – “most important segment in the economy of San Diego” & specifics on duty rates & trade agreements;” 1 Western Union telegram (4/30/55) from Robert S. Duzich (Chairman of the Bd. of Commercial Fisherman’s Inter-Insurance Exchange) re/ “At a meeting held this morning and attended by representatives of fishing vessel owners, labor, local government and allied fishing interests” complaints were made that “the bulk of tuna packed in this country in 1955 has been imported fish primarily from Japan;” 3 constituent letters (5/10 & 5/21/55) & Wilson’s replies (5/55) re/ stressing the plight of tuna fishermen & their families in San Diego; 1 letter (5/10/from D.B. Strubinger (Commissioner of Customs, Treasury Dept.) & attached copy of a letter (5/21/55) from H.F. Cary to Senator William F. Knowland re/ the Am. Tunaboat Assn.’s concerns about “the possible dumping of tuna fish from Japan” in American markets; 1 copy of a Western Union night letter (6/6/55) from A.L. Brosio Co. to President Eisenhower & Wilson’s response (6/9/55) re/ a request to the President to “reconsider your position in light of impending bankrupcy of one hundred million dollar California tuna industry and your election platform;” letters (6/2 & 6/6/55) from David H. Carsten (Mgr. & Partner, Harbor Boat & Yacht Co.), the Tuna Fishermen’s Wives Emergency Committee, & Wilson’s replies (6/10/55) re/ the plight of San Diego businesses & labor in competing with the Japanese;1 letter (6/10/55) from Congressman Wilson to H.F. Cary & enclosed copy of a letter (6/6/55) from Joseph N. Mardesich, Jr. (Pres., Franco-Italian Packing Co.,Inc.) to Senator William Knowland re/ opposition by the California Fish Canners Assn. to “any quota or duty on frozen raw tuna from Japan . . . . [However, we] are very much opposed and will fight to the limit for a protective tariff on imported canned tuna from Japan;” 1 letter (6/1/55) from San Diego Port Director John Bate & Wilson’s reply (6/10/55) re/ a “resolution concerning the critical situation of the domestic approximately 17,000, which is approaching a critical level;” 1 letter (6/6/55) from Seymour Francis (Public Relations) & Wilson’s reply (6/10/55) re/ the tuna fishermen’s wives & Wilson’s five minute address on the issue on Channel 8 (6/22/55?); 1 copy of a letter (6/6/55) from Mrs. Laura Tocco (Chairman, Tuna Fishermen’s Wives Emergency Committee) & attached handbill & 6 page copy of a San Diego Chamber of Commerce Report of the Special Committee on the Tuna Industry; 1 letter (6/8/55) from Robert C. Mason (Pres., Exchange Club of San Diego) & attached copy of a “Resolution” unanimously passed by the Club re/ the importing of tuna into the U.S. is seriously injuring domestic fishing and domestic fish canning industry; a small packet containing letters (6/7, 6/8, & 6/15/55) from Harold F. Cary (Gen. Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to the Secretary of State re/ Mr. Cary’s response to the Public Service Div. of the Dept. of State’s request “‘to clarify certain aspects of the foreign trade between the United States and Japan;’” 1 copy of a letter (6/7/55) from H.J. La Dou (Pres., Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce) to President Eisenhower & Wilson’s reply to La Dou (6/3/55) re/ the Chamber’s “Resolution”  that “the California tuna fishing industry is suffering great economic distress . . . . [and] is faced with extinction unless relief in some manner is given . . . . [Such as] an import quota of 30%;” 2 copies of letters (6/15/55) from Harold F. Cary to the “Ministry of Inter-national Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan” & to the “American Embassy, United States of America, Tokyo, Japan” re/ the issue of tuna exports & previous correspondence from the American Tunaboat Assn.; pages 19 & 20 from the Pan American Fisherman (June 1955) re/ a chart showing “Pack of Tuna and Tunalike Fishes, 1954;” a small packet containing corresp. (June 1955) from C. Arnholt Smith (Exec. V.P., U.S. National Bank), Harold F. Cary, & attached pages A4363 to A4366, June 16, 1955, Congressional Record—Appendix re/ extensive commentary on the tuna situation, protective tariff, & Wilson’s inclusion in the Record of a San Diego Union editorial & a letter from H.F. Cary; 1 letter (6/14/55) from constituent Earl Zick & Wilson’s reply (6/20/55) re/ a plea from a barbershop owner in Point Loma informing Wilson of the plight of many businesses in Point Loma relative to the crisis facing the tuna industry; a copy of a 1 page “Statement and Suggestions of the Committee of the California Commission on Interstate Cooperation Relative to the Tuna Situation, June 23, 1955, Washington, D.C.;” 1 letter (6/21/55) from Congressman Wilson to a constituent, Orlin Dwain Srines re/ “the distressing condition of the tuna fleet;” 1 Dept. of the Interiior, Fish & Wildlife Service Informatin Bulletin, (6/22/55) re/ “Fishery Expert to Head New Oceanic Research Unit in California” (2 pp.); copies of five letters (June 1955) from Congressman Wilson to members of the tuna fishermen wives group he had met recently and assuring them he was working on the tuna industry crisis; 6 letters (6/14-6/30/55) from Graydon Hoffman (V.P. & Mgr., Bank of America), Harry Hargreaves (V.P., The Marston Co.), John Parker (Pres., American Marine Bait Co.), constituent H.P. Hudson (Imperial Beach), & Wilson’s replies re/ U.S.- Japanese tuna industry crisis & personal & political commentary.